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Kiddies Corner has strict staff : children ratios, these are; Janette Gibbons - Nursery Manager - Janette has owned and managed Kiddies Corner Day Nursery since May 1999 and has many previous years of childcare experience. She has an NVQ Level 4 qualification in children’s care, learning and development. Janette also has a level 2 qualification in community food and nutrition for the early years and an intermediate food hygiene certificate and prepares nutritionally balanced meals for the children each day. Janette is our named first aider at work and has been on a course to qualify her to have this role. Janette oversees the day to day running of the nursery. Sian Davies - Nursery Deputy Manager - Sian has worked at kiddies Corner since June 2000 and has an NVQ level 4 qualification in children’s care, learning and development. Sian is also a trained first aider. Sian is responsible for managing the nursery administration and within this role is responsible for the nursery accounts, quality assurance, liasing with the CSSIW and keeping the nursery policies up to date. Sonya Tierney - 3rd Person In Charge (shared role)/ Supervisor - Sonya has worked at Kiddies Corner since April 2002. Sonya has an NVQ level 3 qualification in early years care and education. Sonya attended a 4 day first aid at work course and is a named first aider in the nursery alongside Janette. Sonya supervises the baby and the toddler rooms on a daily basis and is also responsible for risk assessments, staff training, Health and safety, COSHH and nursery registers. Becky Gill - 3rd Person In Charge (shared role)/ Supervisor - Becky has worked at Kiddies Corner since September 1999. Becky has an NVQ level 3 qualification in early years care and education and is currently working towards an NVQ level 4 in children’s care, learning and development. Becky also supervises the preschool room and is responsible for planning the daily activities for this room to foundation phase standards. Becky is a key worker for the foundation phase children and for all children over the age of three. She also completes development records for these children to. Becky’s other roles include newsletters, behaviour management and updating the Kiddies Corner website. Joanne Roberts - Nursery Nurse - Joanne started working at Kiddies Corner in December 2007 and has 8 previous years of childcare experience. Jo has an NVQ level 3 qualification in children’s care, learning and development and has a current first aid certificate. Jo works in our toddler room with children aged from 18 months to 2 and a half years and prepares the weekly activities for this room. Jo is also a key worker for children in this age group and completes development records for them. Emma Cooper - Nursery Nurse - Emma has worked at Kiddies Corner since August 2007 and has a B tech national diploma in childcare as well as 8 previous years experience in childcare. Emma works in our preschool room and follows the foundation phase planning with this age group. Emma is also a car driver and does the school pick ups and drop offs each morning for the nursery’s school children. Emma has also completed a 12 hour emergency first aid for child carers course. Rhiannon Davies - Nursery Nurse - Rhiannon started work at Kiddies Corner in April 2008. She has a CACHE level 2 certificate in childcare and education and is awaiting certification for an NVQ level 3 in children’s care, learning and development that she has been working towards since starting work here. Rhiannon works mainly in the baby room and is a key worker for these children. Rhiannon also completes development records for this age group. Lauren Uzzell - Nursery Nurse - Lauren started work in Kiddies Corner in February 2009 and has over two years previous experience in a nursery setting. Lauren has a CACHE level 2 qualification in play work and works mainly with the after school children. Lili Highfield - Trainee Nursery Nurse - Lili has worked at Kiddies Corner since November 2006 and has almost completed an NVQ level 2 in children’s care, learning and development. Lili works in the baby, toddler and preschool rooms alongside our qualified members of staff. Lili has also completed a 12 hour emergency first aid for child carers course. Michelle Jones - Trainee Nursery Nurse - Michelle has worked at Kiddies Corner since March 2009 and works in the baby, toddler and preschool room alongside qualified members of staff. Michelle is due to start training towards an NVQ level 3 in children’s care, learning and development in Septemeber 2009. Laura Jones - Trainee Nursery Nurse - Laura has worked at Kiddies Corner since March 2009. Laura works mainly in the baby and toddler rooms alongside qualified members of staff and is due to start training towards an NVQ level 2 qualification in children’s care, learning and development in September 2009. Facilities Back to Top Kiddies Corner Day Nursery offers a wide range of activities indoors and outdoors to help develop your children's skills. Each age group has there own room, which is equipped with toys suitable for the age group. The children have set daily activities, which are flexible. The planning for the under two's covers all areas of development. The planning for the 2-5 year olds has a theme which changes aproximatly every six weeks. The theme reflects the current seasons and includes special occasions from a variety of cultures. There are six areas which the themed activities are divided into. These are language, literacy and communication skills, mathematical development, knowledge and understanding of the world, creative development, personal and social development and physical development. From September 2008 there will be an additional section- Knowledge of the Welsh language. Activities are planned per term. Topics are then broken down to half term segments and then again to weekly plans and ideas. There is always flexibility for change. Becky is the member of staff responsible for planning the children's activities. The two year olds who miss out on attending part time school in the new school year because their birthday falls between September and December or January and March are entitled to take part in work from the foundation phase. This means the child will be covering similar curriculum and themes as those children who attend part time school and they are also entitled to a free half-day session per week.
Outside Play Back
to Top Kiddies Corner is situated close to the westshore beach and park. The children often get the opportunity to go on outings with parental permission. During outings the staff : child ratio changes to 1:3 (for all age groups) to ensure the safety of the children.
We receive information and courses through ‘Tiny Tums'. This is a scheme, which helps promote healthy eating for children. Since receiving information on diet and nutrition from ‘Tiny Tums' we have revised our menus to make them healthier for the children and Janette, who prepares all our meals and snacks has obtained a level two qualification in community food and nutrition skills Please see policy section for our food and diet policy.
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